University Challenge results, 1968-1969

These are the results of the sixth series of University Challenge which ran weekly on ITV, starting in the week of 2 August 1968 and ending on 13 July 1969, running for 45 shows. In Anglia the series was shown on Fridays at 19:00 for the first 8 months of the series, before moving to Sunday afternoons at around 15:20 for the final 15 shows.

Once again the first round had a 'winner-stays-on' format, with a team qualifying for the quarter-finals if they won three in a row, and the quarter-finals and semi-finals were single-game knockouts, with the final 'best-of-three'.

For the whole of the Bamber era TV schedules differed between the different ITV regions, and the show was often broadcast at different times and on different days in different parts of the country, and sometimes the regions were even a week or two out of sync with each other. Where the date differed, I try to use the date the show was broadcast in the Anglia region in the tables.

There are many gaps that I've been unable to find, so please do contact me if you can assist.

First round

02/08/1968

09/08/1968

16/08/1968

23/08/1968

30/08/1968

06/09/1968

13/09/1968

20/09/1968

27/09/1968

04/10/1968

11/10/1968

18/10/1968

25/10/1968

01/11/1968

08/11/1968

15/11/1968

22/11/1968

29/11/1968

06/12/1968

13/12/1968

20/12/1968

27/12/1968

14/02/1969

St Edmund Hall, Oxford

University, London

21/02/1969

Newnham, Cambridge

28/02/1969

07/03/1969

14/03/1969

21/03/1969

28/03/1969

04/04/1969

06/04/1969

13/04/1969

20/04/1969

27/04/1969

04/05/1969

11/05/1969

Quarter-finals

18/05/1969

25/05/1969

01/06/1969

08/06/1969

Semi-finals

15/06/1969

22/06/1969

Final

29/06/1969

Essex

Sussex

06/07/1969

Essex

Sussex

13/07/1969

Essex

Sussex

Specials

The first institution to win the series twice, Sussex University included Cynthia Molson and Albert Beale (Maths & Physics).